Monday cover: Highs and lows of Rugby World Cup as Argentina advance but Scotland miss out


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The National Sport front page on Monday, October 19 is shared by Argentina’s victorious rugby team and Scotland’s narrowly defeated side after high drama in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals.

Argentina pulled off the shock of the last-8 round to comprehensively defeat Ireland 43-20, while Scotland were on the verge of an even bigger upset when they led Australia by two points in the final minute of the game only to concede a contentious penalty.

Geoffrey Riddle was at Twickenham for Australia's narrow victory against Scotland. Here is his analysis: Australia do just enough to pull off Rugby World Cup 'escape' against Scotland

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